Victory

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Page xi Often in the course of years an expressed sentiment , the particular sense of a
phrase heard casually , would recall him to my mind so that I have fastened on to
him many words heard on other men ' s lips and belonging to other men ' s less ...

Page 3 He was heard by more than a hundred persons in the islands talking of a " great
stride forward for these regions . ” The convinced wave of the hand which
accompanied the phrase suggested tropical distances being impelled onward .

Page 4 The manager - the man who heard the exclamation - had been so impressed by
the tone , fervour , rapture , what you will , or perhaps by the incongruity of it that
he had related the experience to more than one person . " Queer chap , that ...

Page 5 Upon my word , the only thing I heard him say which might have had a bearing
on the point was his invitation to old McNab himself . Turning with that finished
courtesy of attitude , movement , voice , which was his obvious characteristic , he
...

Page 13 I may be unworthy , but I have been heard . I know it . I feel it . For why should you
offer - - " Heyst inclined his head , as from respect for a conviction in which he
could not share . But he stuck to his point by muttering that in the presence of an ...